Communication Overview

I think about "communication" recently, and try to define what it means, but there are so many types of communication, and it is almost impossible to define. And this article will think about what is it mean to communicate well. Here are some major types of good communication.

1. Better at telling information
If you have to tell the same information to the others, it is better if that is effectively and prevalently, and that satisfy the others. The specific example of this is "Ikegami Akira" who is the anchor of NHK, he was. He tells news stories on TV in a very easy-to-understand way, and he got really popular. I think he himself is really smart, and understands things precisely. But sadly, that is not his main job, that he recently quit.

2. Better at extracting information from others out
If you talk with people, and it is better if you could make people speak out, and offer information. Being "Good Listener" is one kind of good communication. One example is, "Sanma Akashiya" who is a Japanese comedian, and now he mainly act as a host on a lot of TV program, that mainly features guest's talks. He is really good at making guests to speak, ask a question immediately, and response to it, and expand the talk by asking another more detailed question. What surprising point he has is that he at the same time talking with a specific guests, he sees a whole people, and thinks about what to talk about next, who to ask a question. Controlling a talk is a one kind of good communication.

3. Better at spontaneously making others offer something
Even if you do nothing, and people offer something for you, this also means you are good at communicating. For example, babies just sit there and people around there voluntarily offer something babies want. I think this aspect of good communication is comprised of "elements of surface" such as how you look like, and what you did so far, your personal character. There are some people good at this naturally that they have a lot of friends and girlfriends/boyfriends. Well... I am not.

As you can see, communication has two areas, that are "Passive" and "Active". And "Active" part can also be divided into "Tell" and "Extract". There are of course other types of good communication, and there is no answer I think. The best is that you have all. It is all about balance, you choice which strategy to use according to particular situation. Adopting a flexible approach is necessary to communicate well.